ciprés

/[siˈpɾes]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,998

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

ciprés is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Cupressus sempervirens) Árbol de la familia de las Cupresáceas de unos 30 m de altura, corteza delgada de un marrón gris y fisurada; hojas aplanadas, con forma de escamas, imbricadas, de color ver... Pronounced [siˈpɾes]. Often confused with Corres and cisnes.

Key facts for ciprés
PropertyValue
Headwordciprés
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[siˈpɾes]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,998
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ciprés in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ciprés is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈpɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,998 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ciprés, with forms such as "cciprés", "cipprés", and "ciprrés". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Corres", "cisnes", "cities", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ciprés, spelled C-I-P-R-É-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Cupressus sempervirens) Árbol de la familia de las Cupresáceas de unos 30 m de altura, corteza delgada de un marrón gris y fisurada; hojas aplanadas, con forma de escamas, imbricadas, de color verde oscuro mate; flores amarillas; madera rojiza muy resistente a la pudrición. Es un árbol cultivado desde la antigüedad en la cuenca del Mediterráneo, probablemente originario de Irán, Siria y Chipre.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, otras cupresáceas de aspecto semejante.
  3. 3
    Madera que producen las diferentes especies de los árbolesllamados cipreses.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cciprés,cipprés,ciprrés,ciprsé,cipréss,cipérs,cirpés,cpirés,icprés,siprés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ciprés

Misspelling Variants of "ciprés"

cciprés7cipprés7ciprrés7ciprsé6cipréss7cipérs6cirpés6cpirés6
Misspelling Variants of "ciprés"

Frequency rank: #46,998 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ciprés"?
"ciprés" is spelled C-I-P-R-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈpɾes].
What does "ciprés" mean?
As a noun, "ciprés" means: (Cupressus sempervirens) Árbol de la familia de las Cupresáceas de unos 30 m de altura, corteza delgada de un marrón gris y fisurada; hojas aplanadas, con forma de escamas, imbricadas, de color ver...
What words are commonly confused with "ciprés"?
"ciprés" is commonly confused with "Corres", "cisnes", "cities". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ciprés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciprés" is [siˈpɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciprés" come from?
"ciprés" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.